Secunia Security Advisory - A vulnerability has been reported in phpMyFAQ, which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a vulnerable system.
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TITLE:
phpMyFAQ Unspecified File Upload Vulnerability
SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA24230
VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/24230/
CRITICAL:
Highly critical
IMPACT:
System access
WHERE:
>From remote
SOFTWARE:
phpMyFAQ 1.x
http://secunia.com/product/3487/
DESCRIPTION:
A vulnerability has been reported in phpMyFAQ, which can be exploited
by malicious people to compromise a vulnerable system.
The vulnerability is caused due to an unspecified error, which can be
exploited to upload files.
Successful exploitation requires that "register_globals" is enabled.
The vulnerability is reported in versions prior to 1.6.9.
SOLUTION:
Update to version 1.6.9.
PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
The vendor credits François Maillet, Enrico Fischer, and Johannes
Schlüter.
ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://www.phpmyfaq.de/advisory_2007-02-18.php
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